Re: Detroit Redwings BEaGM (a re-start)
Pavel Datsyuk is the man who leads this line and team each game. Datsyuk currently sits 3rd in the league with his 52pts. On his left side Filppula has flourished playing on the wing. Moved from his natural center position to the wing Filppula has a little more freedom on offense and its paid off. On the right rookie Tomas Jurco didn’t start in this position, he was in Grand Rapids Dan Cleary occupied this spot but Cleary didn’t mesh well with Datsyuk and Filppula. So the team decided to give Jurco a shot and he has shown that he has the talent to stay with 13 goals in 25 games.
The offense doesn’t drop off much from the top line to this line. At the beginning of the season this line carried the team. The Swedish connection line has they are called has shown great chemistry from the beginning. Franzen is the sniper on the line with his 17 goals, Zetterberg and Nyquist have chipped in nicely with 15g and 10g respectively.
This is where you see a drop offensively sort of, even though rookie Tomas Tatar has 8 goals and Cleary has 7 Darren Helm hasn’t scored yet in 41 games. On the defensive side this line was expected to be better than they have showed so far. Things will have to improve in that area before the playoffs start.
Not much was expected out of this line offensively and with 10 goals combined the line is pretty much on pace of what is needed from them. But like the 3rd line this line has struggled in their own end.
Overall the blue line group needs work defensively. Lidstrom the captain and leader of the team was a -1 until recently where he improved to 0. The offense is there Lidstrom 8goals, rookie Smith 7goals, Kronwall and White 3 goals each. The team may look to add a veteran defensive minded blue liner at the trade deadline if things do not improve. The team currently ranks 21st in goals against and 14th on the PK.
Howard at times has looked great and other times alittle off. Dawyne Roloson was signed to take over the backup role as Joey McDonald struggled and was demoted to Grand Rapids.
Outlook: Overall the team is playing pretty well, they are top in the West and 1pt behind for #1 in the league. But defensively they will have to improve, something needs to be fixed. But I fully expect the team to be in the playoffs and hopefully make it to the West finals at the very least.
| | LW | Ovr | C | Ovr | RW |
| LINE 1 | V. Filppula | 84 | P. Datsyuk | 93 | T. Jurco |
| Stats | 12g,27a,39p | 20g,32a,53p | 13g,8a,21p |
Pavel Datsyuk is the man who leads this line and team each game. Datsyuk currently sits 3rd in the league with his 52pts. On his left side Filppula has flourished playing on the wing. Moved from his natural center position to the wing Filppula has a little more freedom on offense and its paid off. On the right rookie Tomas Jurco didn’t start in this position, he was in Grand Rapids Dan Cleary occupied this spot but Cleary didn’t mesh well with Datsyuk and Filppula. So the team decided to give Jurco a shot and he has shown that he has the talent to stay with 13 goals in 25 games.
| LINE 2 | J. Franzen | 85 | H. Zetterberg | 91 | G. Nyquist | 82 |
| Stats | 17g,13a,30p | 15g,27a,42p | 10g,19a,29p |
The offense doesn’t drop off much from the top line to this line. At the beginning of the season this line carried the team. The Swedish connection line has they are called has shown great chemistry from the beginning. Franzen is the sniper on the line with his 17 goals, Zetterberg and Nyquist have chipped in nicely with 15g and 10g respectively.
| LINE 3 | T. Tatar | 77 | D. Helm | 82 | D. Cleary | 83 |
| Stats | 8g,5a,13p | 0g,3a,3p | 7g,8a,15p |
This is where you see a drop offensively sort of, even though rookie Tomas Tatar has 8 goals and Cleary has 7 Darren Helm hasn’t scored yet in 41 games. On the defensive side this line was expected to be better than they have showed so far. Things will have to improve in that area before the playoffs start.
| LINE 4 | J. Mursak | 74 | P. Regin | 80 | P. Eaves | 78 |
| Stats | 0g,7a,7p | 4g,2a,6p | 6g,4a,10p |
Not much was expected out of this line offensively and with 10 goals combined the line is pretty much on pace of what is needed from them. But like the 3rd line this line has struggled in their own end.
| | D | Ovr | D | Ovr |
| D1 | N. Lidstrom | 88 | B. Smith | 77 |
| 8g,17a,20p | 7g,26a,23p | |||
| D2 | N. Kronwall | 83 | I. White | 83 |
| 3g,12a,15p | 3g,21a,24p | |||
| D3 | R. Murray | 76 | J. Kindl | 80 |
| 2g,5a,7p | 0g,0a,0p |
Overall the blue line group needs work defensively. Lidstrom the captain and leader of the team was a -1 until recently where he improved to 0. The offense is there Lidstrom 8goals, rookie Smith 7goals, Kronwall and White 3 goals each. The team may look to add a veteran defensive minded blue liner at the trade deadline if things do not improve. The team currently ranks 21st in goals against and 14th on the PK.
| | G | Ovr |
| G | J. Howard | 87 |
| 19 - 10, 2.28gaa | ||
| BACKUP | D. Roloson | 80 |
| 2 - 0, 2.59gaa |
Howard at times has looked great and other times alittle off. Dawyne Roloson was signed to take over the backup role as Joey McDonald struggled and was demoted to Grand Rapids.
Outlook: Overall the team is playing pretty well, they are top in the West and 1pt behind for #1 in the league. But defensively they will have to improve, something needs to be fixed. But I fully expect the team to be in the playoffs and hopefully make it to the West finals at the very least.
acquires: Robyn Regher
acquires: Dan Cleary, 2013 2nd rd pick
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